Do we NEED it? No, of course not. But does it accelerate innovation and fit into an update cycle that is becoming ever more prevalent in the industry? Yes.
AS Apple didn't really like the downward compatibility and focus in line on the selling of it's MEW product's for to make a much money as possible, they NEED a new OS in fastest possible means! Me think that MS is started that same way to get more attention to it's Surface Program (not to forget the now by MS owned Nokia!) and to boost the selling of that hardware, so they took Apple as example for it's mobile programs. The question is: Will that works the way as it does for Apple? Hopefully yes, just doubt about it!
Windows 7 does everything I need and more, tried windows 8.1 and found it just confused me and made we work slower. W10, doubt if it will be any different
It's crazy to put out this stuff faster and faster, and I wonder where the limit will be to the constant update greed. Once a year, third a year, quarter a year, every month, twice a month...? Do we need that? Well, ask the people who are still on XP these days.
In short: No Long: Noooooooooooooooooooooo Win7 might be slower overall than win8 on newer hardware, but it runs programs just as efficiently, if not more so. They keep trying to push their store on us and nobody who uses real software wants it. MS if you're reading this: You're terrible at creating demand. If you want people to buy something, you have to generate hype for it. I have yet to see an advertisement for the Windows Store or any of the apps anywhere on the internet.
Nonsense we are merely watching the Call of Dutification of Windows. I see absolutely no way how this can go wrong.
Lets go all the way with the versions: Windows 1.01 - November 1985 Windows 1.02 - May 1986 Windows 1.03 - August 1986 Windows 1.04 - April 1987 Windows 2.0 - December 1987 Windows 2.10 - May 1988 Windows 2.11 - March 1989 Windows 3.0 - May 1990 Windows 3.1 - April 1992 Windows NT 3.1 - July 1993 Windows 3.2 - November 1993 Windows NT 3.5 - September 1994 Windows NT 3.51 - May 1995 Windows 95 - August 1995 Windows NT 4.0 - August 1996 Windows 98 - June 1998 Windows 98 SE - May 1999 Windows 2000 - February 2000 Windows ME - September 2000 Windows XP - October 2001 Windows Vista - January 2007 Windows 7 - October 2009 Windows 8 - October 2012 Windows 8.1 - October 2013 Windows 10 - 2015 Total Operating Systems: 25 Sinful Operating Systems: Windows 3.1 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME - Doesn't deserve to be called an OS. Windows Vista - Still better than Windows 8 Windows 8 - how do you turn it off? Windows 8.1 - Aha I found out how to turn it off! The Good: Windows 3.11 Windows 98 SE Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 7
This does not apply to M$ yet. It's lack of choice due to monopoly, the only thing they have to do is to wait and to slow down older products which is the main purpose of windows update. I patiently wait for the day when the calculation doesn't work out anymore.